MacIver Newsmakers Podcast: What Is A Physician Assistant (PA) And Could PAs Help Lower The Cost Of Health Care?

Jan. 20, 2020

WAPA President Eric Elliot testified recently on Senate Bill 515, a bill that would make it easier for a Physician Assistant (PA) to practice in the state. Elliot explains that an outdated regulation system arbitrarily restricts how and when a PA can practice. If we want to lower the cost of and expand access to health care, the state should modernize the way a PA can practice medicine according to Elliot.


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